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From Community Conversation to a Shared Australian Agenda
Not just a big talk fest Australia has no shortage of opinions, expertise or goodwill. What it lacks is a trusted, practical pathway for communities to turn their everyday experience into well-considered national priorities and credible policy recommendations. This proposal creates that pathway. It begins with the people most affected by public decisions: Australians in their homes, workplaces, neighbourhoods and local communities. It then connects those conversations to a genuinely […]https://craiglambie.com/2026/08/26/from-community-conversation-to-a-shared-australian-agenda/
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@caolanrob.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social#Ukraine Fired Him While Russia Was Burning. Fedorov Speaks Out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFZ3-nZPCu0
ed: #Fedorov is speaking to #ElonMusk, but not #Zelenskyy
8/16/26 #Kyiv #UkraineWar #Cardboard Protests #Poltics
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🆕 blog! “Against Doomerism”
There's a certain strain of commentator who is just sure that nothing can ever get better.
In amongst all the hullaballoo about the UK potentially banning under 16s from social media, I saw a prominent historian say:
i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy [sic] spaces (like youth clubs) and social…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/against-doomerism/
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Against Doomerism
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/against-doomerism/There's a certain strain of commentator who is just sure that nothing can ever get better.
In amongst all the hullaballoo about the UK potentially banning under 16s from social media0, I saw a prominent historian say:
i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy [sic] spaces (like youth clubs) and social activities?
No?
Huh.
But, here's the thing. He's wrong. You can argue about whether the UK's Labour Government is doing the right thing1, but they are pouring huge amounts of money and effort into youth provision.
- Young Brits are set to benefit from Dutch style employment support as the Government steps up localised support to tackle rising NEET numbers.
- "Almost 180 new Youth Hubs will begin opening from next week which will provide wraparound services – coordinating education, welfare, and employment support."
- Prime Minister announces major expansion of youth services and real-world opportunities to re-connect young people with the world around them
- "Announcing a new £88 million package of support to transform opportunities for young people across the country, the Prime Minister will make clear that this government is picking this challenge up and seeing it for what it is – a worrying trend – and delivering real-life solutions for the long-term, investing in opportunities for young people."
- £30m pledged for youth club in each London borough
- "Sir Sadiq Khan said £30m of the £50m allocated in this year's budget for supporting young people would be used to fund a "Youth Lates" programme in the capital's 32 boroughs."
- Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy
- "spending nearly £70 million over the next 3 years to help local areas better support young people and develop a network of up to 50 Young Futures Hubs by March 2029"
When I raised this with him, the Doomer could only say it wasn't enough. When asked how much would be enough, there was no reply. I think that's because people like this don't want to engage with the world. They're desperate to show that nothing is being done. And, when it is pointed out that something is being done, all they can fall back on is that is it never enough.
If you push back even slightly on their Doomer views, you'll get a litany of complaints about how everything is taking too long (well, duh, there's a couple of decades worth of austerity to unpick) and how they have no faith in any of this making a difference (because they won't give it a chance) and that nothing is being done (even though they refuse to look at the evidence).
Similarly, I'm sure you've all seen someone moaning the the planet is fucked because we're doing nothing about it. But that simply isn't true:
The UK's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen sharply: in 2024 they were 54% lower than in 1990, according to provisional data.
Everywhere you look there are signs of progress and hope.
Doomerism, by its nature, is a reactionary concept. It's like those weirdos who reply to every funny story on the web with "didn't happen". An utter unwillingness to acknowledge that - yeah - some stuff happens. The world doesn't change as quickly as you'd like and politicians are never quite as brave in government as they are when campaigning - but stuff gets done!
When the Mayor of London introduced various measures to prevent polluting vehicles from poisoning London, the Doomers said it was pointless. Today we know it led to a substantial reduction in hospital admissions.
You see Doomers bleating about how the Panama Papers exposé led to nothing. That's contrary to all the people prosecuted. Did everyone get the justice they deserve? No. But to reduce it to a nothingburger is the essence of Doomerism. "I don't remember anything important happening, therefore the world is terrible."
Doomerism always feels to me like a psyop designed to keep people dispirited. When everything is reduced to a "yeah, but they won't do anything" then you end up disenfranchising people.
Are there terrible things which need changing? Absolutely!
Are politicians doing everything that you specifically want? Probably not!
Are incremental changes happening if you bother looking for the evidence? Yes.
Why aren't these people looking at what is actually happening, reading about what is being tried, understanding what trade-offs are being considered? Is engaging with reality really that difficult?
I guess a nuanced or positive take doesn't get you as much social media engagement as a childish howl of rage.
For the record, I think this is probably misguided. Although most American sites already ban under 13s from making an account, I am not sure that extending that to 16 is proportionate. But that's tangential to my argument here. ↩︎
Again, whether you or I agree with all their policies isn't relevant here. ↩︎
- Young Brits are set to benefit from Dutch style employment support as the Government steps up localised support to tackle rising NEET numbers.
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@thedailybeast.bsky.social
I Have The Proof that Trump is Drowning in Failure | The Daily Beast Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJaHSFpsug
#UsPol #Poltics #Trump #MentalHealth
8/3/2026
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Ah garbage in garbage out. Look this is an administration that listed Wakanda as a trade partner so this is just other day int he clown government #poltics
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@statuscoupnews.bsky.social
ICE Agents EXPOSED AS SICKO Sex Offenders!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMAgiiLULs
#ICE #DHS #CampOfSaints #Poltics
7/25/2026
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@caolanrob.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.socialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DA7EXbf_d4
This man is destroying Putin's empire
#UraineWar #Russia #DroneSanction #Poltics #UAvs
#Magyar interview 7/21/26
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Hilarious Meme Placards Held By Gen Z's At The July 20 Protest [In Pics]
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Here he goes again. Reigniting his feuds with our allies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/business/economy/trump-tariffs-canada.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
@jayinkyiv.bsky.social
Russia falls further into the abyss, as Ukraine continues ripping the ass out of Putin's fledgling USSR 2.0#Russia #UkraineWar #RussiaIsLosing #Poltics
6/28/26
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@insiderussia
#Moscow on Fire, System Shock & Russia's Wildest Headlines 😱🇷🇺
https://www.youtube.com/live/3Ch9nu2s5A0?si=4es9qT971aMazekA
6/23/26
#UkraineWar #Russia #RussiaIsLosing #Poltics slowly...
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@jjsmart.bsky.social
Putin Just Got the News His Army Feared
https://youtu.be/rc5MsFbJ3ro?si=MCyAx_qZOnE_RVSV
6/14/26
#Russia v #Ukraine #War #Poltics #RussiaIsLosing #Putin sings the blues ;)
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@jayinkyiv.bsky.social
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The Russian government now luring single mothers into the military with high cash offers as soon as their child enrolls into kindergarten. Kids go into state care, while mom gets cash. -
are you sure that MAGA knows pro wrestling is scripted?
quote:
Why MAGA Loves Trump Lying to Them #psychology #poltics #lucasbean #kayf... https://youtube.com/shorts/KNYSzbM3VY4?si=eSBTk9X8D3qWv2bZ via @YouTube -
Putin lies like water runs as Ukraine expands deep strikes.
#ukrainewar
6/7/2026
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer to negotiate an end to the war and reiterated the Kremlin’s commitment to fulfilling its war goals. (1/10)
Read more:
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NEW: A Kremlin-appointed Russian occupation official admitted that Russia has continued to place Ukrainian children up for fostering and adoption with Russian families in 2026. (1/10)
Read the full update: https://isw.pub/OccupationUpdate060426 -
Make it makes sense #fucktrump #corruptfilth #usa # cdnpoli #uspoli #poltics
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@dailyfellanews
It’s Weekly Fella time. Read about russia being terrorists, Orc Tits getting wet, Ukraine cut off supplies to Crimea & happy birthday @toonietuesday.bsky.social
Don’t forget our weekly fundraiser thread below.
https://bsky.app/profile/dailyfellanews.bsky.social/post/3mmt6yvz2nc2x
#WeeklyFella #DailyFella #DailyFellaNews #SlavaUkraini #NAFO #UkraineWar #Russia #Poltics #Satire
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@prestonstew.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UHpdUed-YQ
Something Is Breaking Inside Russia
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@jjsmart.bsky.social
🔥 196 days avoiding his own citizens. Putin has traded his tough-guy image for a bunker.
Looking afar: Beijing didn't bail him out. It mocked him.
👉 The dictator is running out of places to hide.
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Xi Makes Trump Climb Stairs, Learn Ancient Greek History & Tremble Over Taiwan Talk
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So this GQP congressman has been MIA and now according to his dad he is under a "Doctors" care Oh FYI 25-26 he has raised over 4.5 million in PAC money #GOP #poltics #maga
https://www.opensecrets.org/profiles/thomas-h-kean-jr/us_congress/pacs?cycle=2024&mpid=1123946
Ill bet it either
1) Prescribed pill addiction
2) some sort of porn addictionhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/tom-kean-jr-absence-congress-under-doctors-care
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@jjsmart.bsky.social
🔥 Internal betrayal is gutting the Akhmat units. Ukrainian intelligence is using insiders to wipe out Kadyrov’s elite while Putin protects only himself.
👉 The Russian military is being cleansed of the only forces that stayed loyal.
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1/ The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a response to concerns about its ongoing issues with Russia’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) recruitment drive, which has reportedly attempted to fill recruitment quotas using Russian university students.
Read the full update: https://isw.pub/UkrWar042726
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@prestonstew.bsky.social
Russian Admits Things Are Not Going Well
https://youtu.be/puNX_7U9qKo?si=1OF93m8tvicM4TDW
#ukraine #russia #poltics #war
4/12/26